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Blogosphere News / April 30th

What’s new around the blogosphere? Well, some things have happened recently that worth mentioning. Check out the latest blogosphere news bellow:

The MixxMash

Mixx.com released an experimental option for their users called MixxMash. Through this option, YourMixx will be organized by type of media with content from all your categories, tags and users. Nice and easy to follow. You also have the possibility of generating a feed of your MixxMash.

They Mixx for iPhone

While we’re talking about Mixx, you should know they recently made available they service for iPhone, which can be accessed at http://i.mixx.com/.

Google’s Burning Love

FeedBurner is working on an account migration since it has been bought by Google, and, in the coming weeks, selected publishers will have the possibility to sign in using their Google account data. There is also an interest in a better integration with other Google service accounts like Google AdSense.

Roll the Dice, Give Me My Page Rank

And, as you probably know by now, since 29th, Google started updating Page Ranks. Numbers have been going up and down for the past 2 days, but they will soon settle and we’ll see the latest level of consideration that Google has for our blogs!

RSS Awareness Day

Over the past years, RSS (Really Simple Syndication) has become a standard of content sharing over the web. Content publishers such as bloggers, news websites or online magazines take full advantage of its potential. What better way to allow people to stay up to date with your content without wasting time writing newsletters each day/week?

For end users, RSS facilitates keeping track of updates regularly and in an organized way through the use of RSS readers.

Bloggers know that their RSS subscribers are amongst the most loyal users of their blog and there is not a single blogger who respects his readers that does not use RSS.
Click here to read the full blog post!

30 Blogging Tips to Screw Up

Having a successful blog is not an easy thing. It takes time, dedication, creativity, knowledge and patience. There aren’t many roads that lead to success and finding the one that’s right for you can be a daunting task. It’s obviously hard to make a name for yourself and it gets harder when you think about how easy it is to mess things up and in how many ways you can do so. Just read the following “blogging tips” to screw up and judge for yourself.
Click here to read the full blog post!

Comments: Building Traffic or Increasing Awareness?

If you’re the kind of reader that’s constantly looking for information about blogging, blogging tips and how to build a better blog, then, most certainly, you’ve come across those articles that say: “Comment on other blogs! You will get a lot of traffic from them!”
Even I have suggested that commenting on other blogs in your niche will get you traffic, but let me explain what I think about it, how it works, when it works, DOs and DON’Ts when commenting.
Click here to read the full blog post!

Taking a Short Brake on Easter

Hello everyone! For the next 3 days I’ll be out of town, offline, taking a short brake. I’m orthodox, and for us, today is Easter.

I’m taking this opportunity to wish you all the best, may your dreams come true, may you find peace in your heart and mind and inspiration to be the better bloggers you want to become! No matter if you celebrate Easter today, you already did or you never do!

I’ll see you back in 3 days, with some nice articles I plan to write while I’m away.

God bless you all!

Alex

WordPress 2.5.1 Security Upgrade

WordPress 2.5.1 is available for download. This release focuses on several bug fixes and enhancements and one highly important security fix.

If you’re looking only for the security fix, you can download and upgrade only the 3 files that where modified to apply the security patch. These files are available here.
If you decide to go for a full upgrade, you’ll also get enhanced versions of the Dashboard, Write Post and Edit Comments pages, a TinyMCE editor upgrade, widget administration fixes, media upload enhancements, layout fixes for Internet Explorer and much more. The full upgrade is available for download on the WordPress website.

Download WordPress 2.5.1 now! This is a very important security upgrade.

How to Improve Your Readers’ Perception

Readers\' PerceptionA blog’s success is measured by the number and loyalty of its readers. Not by how many visits it receives daily, not even the number of backlinks. In the end, the more time your visitors spend on your website, the more pages they visit and the more they come back or further recommend your blog are the real measuring tools of your blog’s perception. In this post I’m going to cover 5 important factors that can improve this perception.

While writing about topics of interest or optimizing your blog for better search results could be enough to generate visits, the readers’ interest has to be maintained through a perception improvement.

Readers tend to react better to bloggers to whom they can relate, to bloggers that have similar views, ideas, even lifestyle. That’s why it’s very important to find your voice and give everything you write a personal note.
Click here to read the full blog post!

Domain names for bloggers (3)

The series continues with more hand-picked domain names available for registration. Choose one, register and start blogging with a great name!

Niche Blog Domain Names

  • Cinematician.com (Highly brandable)
  • BlogAVid.com
  • eBookInformer.com & eBooksInformer.com
  • eBookBlogger.com & eBooksBlogger.com
  • WpDigest.com & WordPressDigest.com
  • TheaterDigest.com & TheatreDigest.com
  • HairStyleDigest.com
  • CoiffureBlog.com
  • CoiffureMagazine.com
  • StylistToday.com

From the previously suggested domains, 3 have found new owners: TravelersView.com, BlogAPic.com & FaqBlogger.com. Good luck with them!

For further help, please read the How to Register a Domain Name for Your Blog article on Blogsessive.

Free WordPress Themes Watch: Corporate Sandbox

On April 9th, Rubiqube.com (Adrian Diaconescu) released the free WordPress theme: Corporate Sandbox.
Click here to read the full blog post!

Guest post on Words of a Broken Mirror

It’s always nice to share experience with other bloggers, and this is what brought me to a guest post on Words of a Broken Mirror, a wonderful blog covering many topics, from blogging, PR, and marketing to career advice and even a few personal thought here and there, to maintain a relaxing atmosphere.

The blogger, or better yet, the bloggirl behind WoBM is the young and talented PR Consultant Alina Popescu.
I’ll let you discover more about her by reading the blog and soon, a guest post by Alina on Blogsessive.

Until then, I invite you to read my guest post on her blog: Why Blog Design Is Essential to Your Blog’s Success